Ohio Travel Blogs

OK - so this journal entry isn't really about travel, but kind of fits in with my hometown blog!  Our courthouse was constructed beginning in 1897 and dedicated in 1900.  Lady Justice has stood atop the dome for 109 years and has really fallen into disrepair over the years.…

I had absolutely no idea: I would be this sad to check out.             We were up and to breakfast in the morning.  Breakfast was scrambled eggs in a puff pastry with bacon.  We also had the fruit, yogurt, and juice.  I had co…

Okay, so we've had to cancel school for all the following reasons so far this year: 1. snow 2. ice 3. flooding 4. fog When I woke up, there wasn't even a delay.  We were going to school on time.  However, when the busses got out, they discovered very patchy, dense fog, so they radioe…

So this was the big move weekend.  I had been ferrying a few things up to my parents for them to store (important papers and the like), and some of my furniture is being used by my sister and brother-in-law in their new house (and had already been moved a few weeks prior).  I had also sol…

It's the summer of 2008 and time to light up the sky once again!  Last year, I somehow adopted the nickname "Sparkler" and it stuck.  Sparkler (who is a member of "Billy Boom's Crew") is now off to pick up this weekends' fireworks. This weekend is our community Relay For Life (a fundrais…

The 375 mile trip was uneventful, traffic was light, and so we made very good time. Our first rest stop was in Breezewood, Pennsylvania to get a bite to eat.  This area is basically a town of nothing but every kind of fast food restaurant you can think of, along with other restaurants, hotels …

With both my husband and I having the day off, we decided to leave Upper for the day.  Our destination was the Amish Country in the Holmes County area of Ohio.  This area is a step back in time with the Amish living the plain life - no electricity, cars, or modern conveniences.  It i…

Happy to share a unique adventure thanks to a brave friend who is an American citizen living in Dubai. The sole regret of the expedition was that my wife did not accompany me.  I thoroughly appreciated her reservations, stemming both from current tensions between the US and Muslim culture …

The day started out at 8am. After a shower and some last minute packing I headed down to breakfast with the family.  We sat around watching TV and doing some odd little things around the house until everyone had taken showers and was almost ready to go. We ended up waiting for Lena’s ipo…

Another beautiful day in Upper Sandusky shining down on the NOVFA convention.  The delegates and officers assemble to take care of business.  Besides business, the convention meeting has a memorial service for all member departments that have experienced deaths of current and retired fire…

Okay, by this point I'm tired, hot, a bit grouchy, and we still have about 3 hours of work to do in Chillicothe.  We dropped the truck off at Portage Lakes so one of the other guys could take it back to home base in New Castle.  Then we met up with two of the other crew who…

Last night we arrived in Ohio, I was too tired to do more than post those motel pictures in the previous entry. Now I’m a little more awake… I’m eating the motel’s free continental breakfast (Which consists of a tiny microscopic muffin and a small cup of coffee…) Eric is taking a shower. …

For a couple of summers, my husband and I have vacationed with our son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughters.  The idea is for "Papa and Nana" to enjoy time together with them, visits places, and help with the granddaughters.  Summer of 2006, we all drove to Washington DC and on to Virgini…

We are celebrating Isabella's 6 month birthday today. Can't believe it has been 6 months since her birth. She is growing so big! She is beginning to crawl around the floor and get into everything!

The Ohio Theater is an old movie palace built in the 1920's. It's located downtown, across the street from the Statehouse. CAPA has restored the theater (and continues to do so), while specifically retaining the means for actually showing movies. Every summer, the CAPA movie series shows a variety …